In a lighthearted moment during a recent broadcast, a popular morning talk show host playfully suggested her marriage might not survive a request from a certain Hollywood star.
The host, known for her warm on-air presence, made the remarks while participating in a spicy interview segment with a guest. When asked which of her many guest co-hosts from the past year she had the best chemistry with, she didn’t hesitate, confidently stating that both she and her guest already knew the answer.
After a wrong guess from her fellow host, she revealed the correct answer was acclaimed actress Scarlett Johansson. Elaborating with humorous exaggeration, the host declared, “If she asked me to get a tattoo, if she asked me to leave my husband, [I would].” She immediately followed the quip with a laugh and a retraction, telling the audience, “Not really. Don’t tweet that.”
The joke was rooted in a genuine friendship that blossomed when the actress served as a guest co-host for a week earlier in the year. Their on-air rapport was so strong that it led to an off-camera bonding moment: the pair decided to get their ears pierced together during the actress’s stint on the show.
Reflecting on their week working together, the host had previously praised her co-host, humorously noting that she had expected her husband to be the one enamored, but found herself completely charmed instead. The actress, for her part, had joked in an earlier interview that the morning show needed someone “spicy” and “funny” to join the host, a role she evidently filled with gusto.
The actress’s guest appearance was so well-received that another longtime host of the program later publicly mused about hiring her permanently, though he jested that the network likely couldn’t afford one of Hollywood’s highest-paid stars for a daily television role.
The segment served as a reminder of the playful and often unpredictable nature of live television, where off-the-cuff jokes about marital loyalty can become a moment of viral levity.
